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COUNTDOWN TO NOVEMBER 3, 2026 MID-TERM ELECTIONS

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We have several Ohio elected officials coming up for re-election in the 2026 mid-terms. Take a look at Elected Officials.

What’s Up Ohio – Ohio Capital Journal

Head Start changes could eliminate important child health and safety standards in Ohio, nationally August 13, 2026
Child advocates in Ohio and nationally have said proposed changes to the federal early childhood education program Head Start would be “devastating” and eliminate important health and safety standards for children. Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced a new rule to reduce the “federal burden” for Head Start programs. […]
Ohio’s recreational marijuana prices are higher than what Michigan customers pay August 13, 2026
Two years after Ohio recreational marijuana sales began, Ohio’s adult-use marijuana continues to be significantly more expensive than Michigan, according to pricing data. Meanwhile, Ohio Republican lawmakers have outlawed buying from other states. The cheapest ounce of marijuana in Ohio is $112 while the cheapest ounce in Michigan is $6.99, according to the WeedBuddy Cannabis […]
Ohio has more history than it did in 1974. Ohio Village will, too August 13, 2026
Since I was a kid I’ve been fascinated with history, pouring for hours over a collection of front pages of The Columbus Dispatch that my mom bought me at the state fair, or a reprint of a 1903 Sears catalogue she got… somewhere, or yellowing hardbound editions of American Heritage magazine. But the fascination also […]
Catching Our Eye News Roundup, Aug. 12, 2026 August 12, 2026
Every morning in the Ohio Capital Journal’s free newsletter, The Eye-Opener, we round up the news and commentary from across Ohio and around the country and world that is catching our attention. We call this feature Catching Our Eye, republished here. Please subscribe to our free daily newsletter to get all the Ohio news you need to know […]
Candidates highlight data center plans. Next Ohio governor will select regulators. August 12, 2026
Ohio’s two candidates for governor have conflicting ideas of what they would like to see happen to future data centers, which have become a political lightning rod in this year’s November election. Ohio’s next governor will appoint the five members of the Public Utilities Commission, which sets utility rates and set the parameters for data […]
America’s sunk so low, dishonor and disgrace don’t end political careers. Ohio politicians prove it. August 12, 2026
Dishonor should be disqualifying in politics. It is not. Scandalous behavior or public corruption should end political careers. They do not. Ohio politicians proved the point last week. U.S. Rep. Max Miller was a political appointee in the first Trump administration who promoted Trump’s false claims of a “rigged” 2020 election before being elected to […]

What’s Up In American Politics? – DemocracyNow

Gaza Tribunal Co-Chairs MP Jeremy Corbyn, Neve Gordon & Shahd Hammouri on U.K. Complicity in Genocide August 12, 2026
From London, we revisit the Gaza Tribunal, an independent, nongovernmental inquiry into the United Kingdom’s complicity in the Israeli genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. The tribunal, held nearly one year ago, was chaired by our three guests: former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, Israeli professor of human rights law Neve Gordon and Palestinian legal scholar […]
Headlines for August 12, 2026 August 12, 2026
Death Toll from Colombia Earthquake Tops 250 as Rescue Crews Scramble to Reach Survivors, Iran Nears Deal with Oman over Control of Strait of Hormuz, Trump Hid in Catering Truck to Sneak Off Air Force One Amid Alleged Threat from Iran, Former Ukrainian Prisoners Recount Torture and Sexual Abuse in Russian Jails, Minnesota Progressive Peggy […]
Bryan Stevenson on the "Enduring Evil of Slavery" and Trump's Attempt to Rewrite History August 11, 2026
We spend the hour with civil rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative. In 2018, the organization opened the Legacy Museum in Montgomery, Alabama, to tell the history of millions of enslaved Africans who were abducted and trafficked across the Atlantic to the Americas by European powers, and to […]
Headlines for August 11, 2026 August 11, 2026
More Than 160 People Dead After a 7.4 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Colombia, NOAA: July Was the Hottest Month Ever Documented in the U.S., More Than a Million People Evacuated as Typhoon Dolphin Makes Landfall in China, Trump Issues Executive Order Reducing Childhood Vaccinations, Trump Demands Compensation from Iran Threatening Ceasefire Negotiations, Syrian Court Sentences Ousted […]
Actor Wagner Moura on Brazil's Dictatorship, Bolsonaro & "A Trial — after An Enemy of the People" August 10, 2026
We continue our coverage from the Edinburgh International Festival, where acclaimed Brazilian actor and filmmaker Wagner Moura stars in the play A Trial — after An Enemy of the People. A sequel to the 1882 Henrik Ibsen play An Enemy of the People, A Trial — after An Enemy of the People interrogates themes of […]
Edinburgh International Festival Director & Famed Violinist Nicola Benedetti on the Power of Art August 10, 2026
Democracy Now! is broadcasting from Scotland at the Edinburgh International Festival, which features music, opera, theater and dance and is one of Europe’s biggest arts festivals. We are joined by the acclaimed Scottish violinist Nicola Benedetti, one of the most celebrated classical violinists in the world. She became the first woman and first Scottish artist […]

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